Bøger af Samuel Crowther
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410,95 kr. Captured by slavers as a boy, freed by the Royal Navy, and raised at a mission, Samuel Crowther in 1864 became the first African to be ordained as an Anglican bishop. As a priest, he accompanied the Scottish merchant MacGregor Laird on his expedition to West Africa in 1854, and celebrated Sunday services in a variety of bizarre locations and perilous conditions. This 1855 book is Crowther's detailed record of his journey aboard the steamboat Pleiad. Written from the unusual perspective of an African-born, London-educated clergyman, it is a congenial and evocative account of the day-to-day difficulties confronting the explorers, their interactions with native peoples, and encounters with slavery and civil war. Crowther, a keen linguist, went on to publish several books on African languages including Nupe, Igbo and Yoruba. This book includes a substantial appendix comparing the grammar and vocabularies of the languages he encountered.
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233,95 kr. FEW PEOPLE have had the transformative success as Henry Ford of Dearborn Michigan, USA. While his life-story transformed the nation and the world, the effects on its author are less understood. The purpose of this book is to explore his story as an additional study to Napoleon Hill's bestselling "Think and Grow Rich." In Hill's book, few individuals in it have more anecdotes used as examples than Ford - excepting Thomas Edison himself (who gave Ford an early boost in one of his companies.) In most days, people are challenged by their environment. They can rise to the challenge, or succumb to it. A rare few among them can see opportunity and seize it - creating a new world from a unique and unstoppable vision they hold. With Ford, we can also gain more insight into his philosophy of achievement, and how this affected Hill in his own studies. Even today, Ford's ideals have a great deal to say about how we can approach our own life. Now, it's over to you.
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190,95 kr. A Grammar Of The Yoruba Language, written by Samuel Crowther in 1852, is a comprehensive guide to the grammar and syntax of the Yoruba language. The book is intended for English speakers who are interested in learning the Yoruba language, and it provides a detailed analysis of the language's structure, including its phonology, morphology, and syntax. The book begins with an introduction to the Yoruba people and their culture, followed by a discussion of the language's history and development. The main body of the book is divided into chapters that cover different aspects of Yoruba grammar, such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Each chapter includes detailed explanations of the relevant grammatical concepts, as well as numerous examples and exercises to help readers practice their skills. The book also includes a Yoruba-English vocabulary list, as well as a section on Yoruba pronunciation. Overall, A Grammar Of The Yoruba Language is an essential resource for anyone interested in learning this fascinating African language.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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271,95 kr. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
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